They came and went...

It has been a summer full of visiting teams and family. Tim left for the village on Tuesday the 5th of July and a week later, 1 hour after getting back in town his parents arrived. It has been a fun  filled 10 days. We showed them all the sites and had them taste lots of local food. They brought a TON of baby stuff (thank you to everyone who contributed) Im so excited for October to be here and I know it will come quickly. Below are some of the pics taken while family was here.

Preston is only 3 1/2 and literally has NO fear of water. He is a GREAT swimmer and had lots of fun with Marlee.

At the American/Vietnamese war museum

Marlee read lots of books to Preston. When she left, Preston said, Im going to miss her, she is my best friend.

Sauteed EEL anyone?

Boats through the river and under huge caves.

Nice Helmet Jule now you just need Hello Kitty Stickers to go with it.

New Beginnings

I rarely make New Year resolutions. This year I decided more to take inventory of what I'm doing and areas that need improvement. I came up with a LOT, but could only focus on a few.

some of my thoughts are:

1. I want to focus less on the heart break of trying to get pregnant again (trying for 2 years now) and just be thankful for the now 3 year old that God HAS blessed me with. I want to be a better mom by: cooking healthy, playing fun and meaningful games daily, reading more to him, and crafting for fine motor skills etc.

2. Memorize more scripture: Tim and I have started a journey of memorizing the book of Philippians together. We should finish by Easter. So far I have the first 10 verses done.  After Philippians I'm not sure what I'll memorize but for now that is enough.

3. Be diligent in my Vietnamese language study. As a mom there is ALWAYS the excuse that you are too busy being a mom you can't be a full time language learner as well. When I learned Thai, Preston wasn't born so that excuse wasn't available to me. However in January I started a new program and it requires me to study 18 hours a week with my nurturer (language teacher). This means Tim has to share more Mr. mom responsibilities. We are now done with the first 18 hours and by the time I post this will be half way through week 2. It has been good and I'm enjoying it. I pray daily for God to give me a sharp mind and a diligent work ethic in this regard.

4.  BLOG MORE!  as you can see Im already doing this. I decided that twice a month I will sit down and write 4 blogs each time so I can hopefully get a post up twice a week to keep all of our friends and family involved on just the ordinary parts of what we do here in Viet Nam

So those are the ones I decided to focus on for now. So far I am moving in the right direction with all of them. Happy New Year to you all.